Child, Female Labor of the Progressive Era

Question 1

Pragmatism

Answer 1

Leading thinkers: John Dewey, William James, Fredrick Winslow Taylor
People should take a practical approach to solving problems, with morals, ideals, knowledge

Question 2

Florence Kelley

Answer 2

Fought for abolishment of child labor
Legislation of working women
Establishment of minimum wage working laws
Led the National Consumers League

Question 3

Mother Jones

Answer 3

Supported rights of coal miners, campaigned for worker’s rights. Led children’s march to DC to bring attention to child labor
Co-founded the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

Question 4

Women’s Christian Temperance Movement (WCTU)

Answer 4

Anti-booze, pro-suffrage
Protect the home from abusive husbands and financial ruin
Promoted the quality of family life, even better if women could vote

Question 5

Anti-Saloon League

Answer 5

Made up of protestants from the south, and the women from the north
Anti-immigrant, immigrants believed to be alcoholics

Question 6

Lillian Wald

Answer 6

Provided medical services to the travelling poor

Question 7

National Women’s Party (NWP) + Alice Paul

Answer 7

Group that believed women were equal to men
Proposed that Congress adopt Equal Rights Amendments to the Constitution
“Silent Sentiniels” were people who protested at the White House

Question 8

National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) + Carrie Chapman Catt

Answer 8

Anthony and Stanton pass on leadership to Carrie Chapman Catt
Justification: voting will enable women to freely maintain the traditional role of caring for the family
Change of strategy: From states, all the way to national amendment with congressional and presidential support

Question 9

Industrial Workers of the World (IWW, Wobblies)

Answer 9

Founder- Big Bill Haywood
Goal: promote worker solidarity &
overthrow the employing class
One big union- counter to AFL
Called the “Wobblies” b/c they had
socialists and radicals in their ranks

Question 10

Margaret Sanger

Answer 10

Advocate for birth control, especially for women
Became Planned Parenthood
Jailed for the distribution of birth control advice and devices
Reasons: from sexual enjoyment to eugenics!

Question 11

Jane Addams

Answer 11

She was dedicated to helping out the less fortunate, and built the Hull House in Chicago to assist immigrants into building a new life in America